Biography

Alexander Ivanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ивано́в, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɪvɐˈnof]; Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Івано́ў, łacinka: Alaksandar Ivanoŭ, born 29 October 1994), also known as Ivan, is a Belarusian-Russian singer. He represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Help You Fly". Ivanov was also to represent Russia in the Intervision Song Contest 2015 but the contest never happened. Ivanov performed his song "Help You Fly" on 12 May 2016 in Eurovision's second semi-final, but failed to qualify to the 14 May 2016 final. His great-grandmother was Moldovan.